Shooting Between Us: 3 years on COMPLETE

Chapter Fourteen

Lukes POV:

So. It's been three months I've been working here, and it just gets better each day. My boss Dave is so fucking funny it's unreal. The students are great, well some of them suck. Arzaylea is the biggest pain in the arse, she still flirts with me and I can tell she fancies me but she seems to have moved on a little. She's less intense and is actually starting to focus on her work. I met most of the teachers and they're lovely, but I haven't had chance to meet the physical education staff because they have a separate staff room in the gym to us and just kinda keep to themselves. Very odd, but pfft.

I was coming to the end of my shift as I was waiting for Calum to pick me up, I usually had to wait 10 minutes after for him to get here because he finishes a similar time to me. Usually I just have a cigarette with Dave in the back whilst we wait. So I waited for him to get back to the staff room before we went, as part of my regular routine. Dave had made me a super strong coffee because that's what we were used to. "oh thanks Dave!" I took a sip and my face screwed up. "Jesus thats strong!" "Oh sorry mate! Too strong?" He asked. I guess my limits had been reached, normally I'm a caffeine hoe but it was too much this time. But of course, my awkwardness didn't let me tell the truth. "oH no I do! It's great!" I knocked back the strong liquid in one sip, thankfully it was cool enough this time. "That's my man! So how do you feel about the term ending soon? Do you think it's gone by fast?" "Yeah it's gone really quick! Feels like yesterday I just started." I could feel the caffeine partying in my body. "I'm still surprised you've not met the gym teacher, Cameron yet. Mind you the PE staff are literally never around." He finished his own coffee. "Yeah I've just been busy I guess, don't want to slack on marking the essays, but I've heard about him a few times now" I confessed. Something seemed very familiar, a PE teacher called Cameron? Where have I heard that before? Gah I must be just losing my marbles. "I've only spoke to him once since the interview, he keeps to himself a lot. But he seems to be very popular amongst Arzaylea too. She used to talk about you a lot but now it's all him, she never shuts up about him." Dave giggled. Well. Thank fuck she's stopped talking about me, I felt a huge relief. Now she's stopped talking about me hopefully she will soon stop acting inappropriate too. "Well I'm sure he's a nice guy." I smiled. "You doing anything nice tonight?" Dave asked. "Eh probably not, what about you?" I asked out of curiosity when I realised the excited face Dave had been trying to hide from me. Is he okay?

"Don't tell anyone...but... I'm gonna get laid for the first time in about a year! Got a booty call from a woman who lives close to you actually! She's a single mum. Soooo milfy!" Dave showed me a picture of an older woman on his phone. My eyes widened "oH that's...nice...have a good time." I said bluntly not realising how blunt I actually sounded. "You aren't happy for me?" He frowned. Ah shit, I need to get better at talking. "No no! It's not that at all! I'm really happy for you! Just a bit slow today that's all" was my lame excuse, but he seemed to have bought it. "It's alright mate! I'm meeting her at around 9 tonight after she's put the kids in bed!" He grinned. Jesus, she wouldn't even get a babysitter for her kids? None of my business I guess. "Hah fair enough" I got up. "Fancy a smoke?" I asked, hoping we could fit a cigarette in before Calum comes to pick me up. "Yeah let's go" Dave also stood up. "Last one today, need to keep my lungs healthy so I don't get out of breath later, she loves roleplay!" He said excitedly as we went out for a cigarette. I had a little bit of a 😶 face but I'm glad he was happy. I chuckled "that's fair enough, I'm sure you'll have a great time." We then continued to go to the smokers area AF.

I lit my cigarette, and if you're wondering, no Calum still doesn't know about it. I know it's wrong but I feel he will hate me if he finds out I've turned into a proper smoker. Dave lit his cigarette. "Speaking of sex, hows you and Calum? Is he still being needy about you not giving it to him?" He asked. Me and Dave were comfortable enough with each other to discuss these things now. I let out a giggle "yeah it's going really well, let's just say...he's been getting what he wants." And it's true; we've tried to be more versatile when making love. "Lucky him! Which do you prefer?" Dave asked. Jesus...now it's getting personal. We both took huge drags from our cigarettes. "Erm, either really" I awkwardly giggled, and it's true. I love Calum and it's gotten to the point that we just don't care who fucks who anymore as long as we are both happy. "I've always wondered that about being gay or bi. Do you ever miss fanny?" He asked, I started to feel really awkward at this point, me and Dave were really close but it's a bit of a tough one when it comes to talking about wether or not I miss "fanny". I flicked the ash off my cigarette "um..well it depends I guess. I never miss it when I miss Calum because he's everything I need but when we broke up for a little I went back to it, stupid mistake really." I was referring to when Calum and I broke up for a few months in school and I started dating Meredith, she's the only other person I've been with since I've met Calum and that was a complete disaster. "Love is different to lust man, was she a nice girl or a slag?" Dave also flicked the ash off his fag. I told him about me and Meredith but I can't remember if I told him that I got with her in school after Calum and I split up. "I mean she was my girlfriend for a while, but she was a slag really" I laughed and took another drag. I felt a little bad, because Meredith and I had become friends again. There's been no arguments, she's not been a dick. She was a slag back then and really hurt me but she seems to have grown up and really earned herself a heart of gold. Plus her brother in my class is a sweetheart. I thought about it as me and Dave continued to take drags of our cigarettes. Then something strange happened. Really really strange...and uncomfortable.